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but ronald reagan was ronald reagan was smart enough to realize that he could take possession of this even though he did not order of this or choose this, he put it into his inaugural address. i am the first president to be looking west. i am looking out towards the pacific. he took ownership of that move from the east front to the west front even though he was not the person to choose it. this is an important lesson. ever since george washington came to the capital, congress has won the inaugural -- has run the inaugurations. that part is -- has been done by the congress. they start a year in advance, long before they know who is going to be nominated or elected. they start to make the plans, they pick a theme for the inauguration, they build the platform, they print the tickets, they get everything under way so that when somebody is elected in november, they can get everything done between november and january. for long periods in american history, the inauguration was on march 4. in january -- in 1933, the constitution was amended with the 20th amendment which moved the inauguratio
but ronald reagan was ronald reagan was smart enough to realize that he could take possession of this even though he did not order of this or choose this, he put it into his inaugural address. i am the first president to be looking west. i am looking out towards the pacific. he took ownership of that move from the east front to the west front even though he was not the person to choose it. this is an important lesson. ever since george washington came to the capital, congress has won the...
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you know, the turning point of this country was 32 years ago, almost to the day, when ronald reagan made a statement in his inaugural address that the solution to the government -- the government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem. if you believe that, do not the president, for heaven's sake. you had a president who was inveighing against government. presidents of both parties have basically continued this policy. we have no active programs to solve any of these problems. we know what the solutions are -- we're not going to pay for any of them. i'm telling you, sadly, it is getting worse. no matter what the agreement is in two months. we are squeezing -- the rich have gotten their way. the corporate sector has gotten their way. they do not pay. there is no money for this preschool. all the sectors alone and operate the congress, so we have lower-priced systems, exactly what you say -- overpriced systems, exactly what you say, schools that do not work. we have the least social mobility of many high-income country in the world now. we have kids locked into pover
you know, the turning point of this country was 32 years ago, almost to the day, when ronald reagan made a statement in his inaugural address that the solution to the government -- the government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem. if you believe that, do not the president, for heaven's sake. you had a president who was inveighing against government. presidents of both parties have basically continued this policy. we have no active programs to solve any of these...
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reagan took over. we would have all this money to rebuild our bridges and roads and take care of the needs of this country. this national debt, too much money is going back to the wealthy. you have to borrow money to pay the bills. guest: yeah. people were not paying that. that was the thing. if you look at revenues as a percentage of the economy. andet about the rates whatever loopholes there have been. revenues going back 40 years or more have consistently been 18%nd 70% of the economy, of gdp -- 17% of the economy. what has changed is the rate structure and there have been things that have changed. haserms of the money that come in, it has been fairly consistent as a percentage of the economy. went it has gotten over 19% is where we have come to where the budget is balanced or even in surplus. norm is notthe sufficient as a norm to fund our budget. that leads me to conclude we will need to have more revenue. i went not to apply raising the rates back to 70 or 90%. people whenever paying that anyway.
reagan took over. we would have all this money to rebuild our bridges and roads and take care of the needs of this country. this national debt, too much money is going back to the wealthy. you have to borrow money to pay the bills. guest: yeah. people were not paying that. that was the thing. if you look at revenues as a percentage of the economy. andet about the rates whatever loopholes there have been. revenues going back 40 years or more have consistently been 18%nd 70% of the economy, of...
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i am a reagan republican, a free-market capitalist, a ronald reagan tax cutter. as you may know. i went to see a tough-minded approach to the government and to borrowing. now --he key point right you could walk through all of these potential crises, i appreciate your questions -- the economy has to be allowed or incentivized to grow. we are really growing about 2%. that is not good. it is a very slow recovery. it is the slowest recovery in the postwar. -- postwar period. there are a lot of reasons for that. we do not want to increase the government's burden on the economy. measures like spending reform or tax reform -- particularly tax reform, i cannot emphasize that enough. how important and useful it would be to have corporate and business tax reform that would rid ofhe rates and get the polls. that is the single best, most progrowth incentive we could provide. let the money overseas be u.s., it isinto the like free money, over $1 trillion. it would help a lot for investment and job creation. we have to think in terms of economic growth, that is the overriding issue. unemployme
i am a reagan republican, a free-market capitalist, a ronald reagan tax cutter. as you may know. i went to see a tough-minded approach to the government and to borrowing. now --he key point right you could walk through all of these potential crises, i appreciate your questions -- the economy has to be allowed or incentivized to grow. we are really growing about 2%. that is not good. it is a very slow recovery. it is the slowest recovery in the postwar. -- postwar period. there are a lot of...
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it continued through nixon's southern strategy and culminated in the victory of ronald reagan in 1980. many of the positions that used to be southern democratic divisions became republican nottions, not segregation, that point. southern strategy, conservative point of view on social welfare thingsand abortion and of this sort. ontonk the caller is something, maybe stated it more strongly than i would. i do not see that the reporting party has become the new dixiecrat party, it is certainly the new conservative party. host: here is randy from iowa, democrats. caller: hi. onould like to comment having a third party. i think it is, you know, a good idea. parties, youe two know, as far as money goes. in the republican party, the cook brothers -- the koch brothers, they donate tons of money. a though, can sway whether it is true or not. by the time they figure it out, the damage is already done, you know. so, -- host: we will leave it there. guest: in response to what randy says, i think citizens united versus the federal election commission was especially crippling to third parties. it te
it continued through nixon's southern strategy and culminated in the victory of ronald reagan in 1980. many of the positions that used to be southern democratic divisions became republican nottions, not segregation, that point. southern strategy, conservative point of view on social welfare thingsand abortion and of this sort. ontonk the caller is something, maybe stated it more strongly than i would. i do not see that the reporting party has become the new dixiecrat party, it is certainly the...
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you know, the turning point of this country was 32 years ago, almost to the day, when ronald reagan made a statement in his inaugural address that the solution to the government -- the government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem. if you believe that, do not the president, for heaven's sake. you had a president who was inveighing against government. presidents of both parties have basically continued this policy. we have no active programs to solve any of these problems. we know what the solutions are -- we're not going to pay for any of them. i'm telling you, sadly, it is getting worse. no matter what the agreement is in two months. we are squeezing -- the rich have gotten their way. the corporate sector has gotten their way. they do not pay. there is no money for this preschool. all the sectors alone and operate the congress, so we have overpriced systems, exactly what you say, schools that do not work. we have the least social mobility of any high-income country in the world now. we have kids locked into poverty like no other high- income countries in the
you know, the turning point of this country was 32 years ago, almost to the day, when ronald reagan made a statement in his inaugural address that the solution to the government -- the government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem. if you believe that, do not the president, for heaven's sake. you had a president who was inveighing against government. presidents of both parties have basically continued this policy. we have no active programs to solve any of these...
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ronald reagan spent most of his life -- spent his life in the 1980's as the greatest scourges of deficit spending. he left a legacy of massive which let his followers say that deficit does not matter. that was a historical error of massive proportions. >> more with david stockman tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." [video clip] " ashington journal continues. host: linda feldmann is here to talk about president obama's second term. is the big oneis for him in the second term. that: i always thought the control was a long shot and immigration reform largely because there is a strong pitch for the republicans to get this done. this is not necessarily about the president being successful. even he knows and has hinted at the white house correspondents' dinner last weekend that that was not necessarily going to be his ticket to success. the immigration reform is not going to be easy either. the senate has the gang of eight. the senate has presented its legislation. we are now in the coming week and a half at the deadline for amendments on tuesday. we can hear a vote by june. both the right and
ronald reagan spent most of his life -- spent his life in the 1980's as the greatest scourges of deficit spending. he left a legacy of massive which let his followers say that deficit does not matter. that was a historical error of massive proportions. >> more with david stockman tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." [video clip] " ashington journal continues. host: linda feldmann is here to talk about president obama's second term. is the big oneis for him in the second...
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eastern with president ronald reagan's 1981 address, bill clinton in 1993, dwight eisenhower in 1957, harry truman, 1949, 1969, richard nixon, john f. kennedy in 1961. george h.w. bush in 1989, lyndon johnson from 1965, president jimmy carter in 1977, and we will wrap up the night at 11:00 eastern with president george w. bush speech from 19 -- from 2001. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear that i will execute the office of president of the an ad states faithfully -- >> when chief justice john roberts administered the oath to barack obama on january 20, 2009, there was a major problem. roberts was supposed to say "that i will faithfully execute the office of president of united states. then barack obama stops, paused, smiled, as if to say, "c'mon, man, this is my big day, you got to get this right." unfortunately, he did not get it right, so the very next night in the white house, they did it again. this time roberts used notes which he had not used the first time, and they got it right. >> the history of democracy's big day, monday at 8:00 a.m. part of a three-day holiday "bo
eastern with president ronald reagan's 1981 address, bill clinton in 1993, dwight eisenhower in 1957, harry truman, 1949, 1969, richard nixon, john f. kennedy in 1961. george h.w. bush in 1989, lyndon johnson from 1965, president jimmy carter in 1977, and we will wrap up the night at 11:00 eastern with president george w. bush speech from 19 -- from 2001. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear that i will execute the office of president of the an ad states faithfully -- >> when...
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democrats, republicans, ronald reagan. [laughter] lyndon johnson. it does not matter. this is just a routine thing you have got to do so treasury can pay the bills. not pass thises debt ceiling in the next few weeks, the united states will default on its obligations. that has never happened in american history. basically, america becomes a deadbeat. world sees america not paying its bills, they will not bills fromreasury the united states. if they do, they will do it at much higher interest rates. f1 50e wanting to buy an will have to pay much higher interest rates eventually, which means you will sell less cars. that is one example of how profoundly distraught and -- destructive this could be. this is not an abstract thing. raising the debt ceiling is not the same as approving more spending. anymore than making your monthly payments adds to the koegel tossed -- as to the total cost of your truck. you do not say i will not pay the note for my truck because i'm going to save money. your not saving money. you already bought the truck. you have to pay the bills. and youno
democrats, republicans, ronald reagan. [laughter] lyndon johnson. it does not matter. this is just a routine thing you have got to do so treasury can pay the bills. not pass thises debt ceiling in the next few weeks, the united states will default on its obligations. that has never happened in american history. basically, america becomes a deadbeat. world sees america not paying its bills, they will not bills fromreasury the united states. if they do, they will do it at much higher interest...
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administrations of both strikes have been at this at least since ronald reagan was president, and one can argue even before that. what we are trying to do is continuing to present a united front in terms of concentric circles, extending to our partners in the six-part process, and going beyond that to try to build an international coalition that understands the threat that north korea poses to the international system, not just on proliferation, but on human rights and how it comports itself with the international financial system and so forth. north korea appears not yet to be absorbing those lessons, but we will continue to sharpen them, working with colleagues and with our friends. on a more basic level, we are working very closely as we have for decades with our south korean ally to ensure that should north korea miscalculate and we call on them not to do that, once again, in the face of these new threats emerging from pyongyang, even in recent hours and days -- and how we work with the south koreans to make sure we are ready from an alliance standpoint militarily to deal with any
administrations of both strikes have been at this at least since ronald reagan was president, and one can argue even before that. what we are trying to do is continuing to present a united front in terms of concentric circles, extending to our partners in the six-part process, and going beyond that to try to build an international coalition that understands the threat that north korea poses to the international system, not just on proliferation, but on human rights and how it comports itself...